Roll carrier for photographic strip film



' L. BUSCH ROLL CARRIER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC STRIP FILM Nov. 16, 1937.

Filed July 1'?, 1935 @www [Ill/Illini /llllIl/III Ul c M i ing lm thereon.

Patented Nov. 16, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT oFFiCE.

ROLL CARRIER FORPHOTO'GRAPH-IC STRIP ILM Leo Busch, Berlin-Karl'shorst, Germany Application Julyll, 1935, Serial-No. 31,841

In Germany October 2:4, 1934 l with supply and take-up supports within the camera,.or magazines for motion picture film and of'Y the reversible type containing a reel or core upon which the virgin film is originally wound and having apertures in its endsv one of which registers with an opening in the magazine wall through which a driving connection can be established with a take-up support in the camera.

When a roll iilm cartridge or a reel carrying a motion picture iilm has been placed in the camera and the lm has passed therethrough for exposure', the' empty original spool or reel-is usually removed from the camera, reversed end for end and placed in engagement with the take-up support or` supports in readiness forl again Windreversible magazine for use: in recording two rows' of images side by side on a motion picture lnr, when one half of the width of thelm has been exposed the magazine has to be removed from the camera `and reversedJ before replacing the magazine 'in the cameraso that the original reel' or core cooperates with the take-up support in a position which is reversed' endl for end relatively to `that which the reel occupied' on the supply support.

When the roll. carrier has been removed from the camera diiTiculty may arise in` deter-mining Ibeing exposed. a second time and thus spoiled.

The present invention has for its object to overcome this difiiculty.

To this end a roll carrier according tothe present invention is' furnished with a frangible seal which Willi remain unbroken unless and until the lm on the hub has passed through the camera and the hub is positionedfor take-up purposes. In this way when a ilmv has been wound from the original spool during exposure of the film, the seal associated with the spool upon which the exposed lm is wound will have been broken so that clear indication will, be giveny that the film carried by the spool has passed' through the camera.

'I'Wo constructions according to the invention are illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a Vertical section through sa metallic reel when this is in position on a supply support within a motion picture camera,

Figure 21-is a similar View of the reel when arranged on the take-up support,

Figure 3 illustrates the reel in elevation from that end carrying the frangible seal,

Similarly, in the case of a- Figure 4 shows the reeli in elevation fromV that endremote from the frangible sealrandl Fig-ure 5 is a section of ai reversible magazine embodying the invention.

Figure 6` is a. longitudinalV section through. a magazine constructed in accordance with still another embodiment of my invention. I

In the construction illustrated in `Figuresl. to 4 the reel comprises a. hub I'. furnished with two flanges 2 and 3, the flange 2 having a keyhole aperture 4 whilst the flange 31 has a central. cir-v cular aperture. The hub I is secured;` to: the.

flangesv 2 and 3i by tongues, |20'. The. outer faceA ofi the flange 2 is dished or recessed as indicated at 5 andv a disc 6 of frangible material such, for example, as paper, metal foil' or transparentima-Vv terial which is readily perforated; is secured to the ange so asito lie in this recess. s

The length of the supply support or spindle 1S is such thatwhen the reel is placed' thereonA as shown. in Figure 1, the end' of. the spindleA '1` lies clear of and thus does not damage the seal' 6i. The lm can then be woundA from the reel on'. to al take-up reel, the film being thus exposedY in the; camera. If now the original reel is removed? from. the supply spindle,v l and reversed. end for end and placed on the take-up support orspi`n' dle' 8, the spindle pierces the seal 6 asv shown in Figure 2". A keyB' onthe spindle 8 now engages the eccentric portion of the aperture 4 and the reel serves as the take-upireel for the next fl'lm` to be passed through the camera.v When the reel carrying the exposed film is remoyedi from the take-up spindlev 8, the brokenf seal will clearly indicate that.l the lm carriedl by thisi'eel has been: passed'` through the camera. Thus, by eX- aminingthe reel-` itself it will be clear that the film carried thereby has been exposed.

The seal 6 may be secured to the flange 2- inV any suitablek manner as by means of adhesive. If desired instructions may be printed' onone angeor on the seal 6, warning the user against`- destruction of the seali otherwise than byv insertion of the reel on the' take-up support 8, and' to avoid premature destruction of' the seal by placing the reel on: the supply spindle lfwithv the* flange 2 inwards. Y

TheV invention may bey applied also toi@ spools for roll lm cartridges provided that the supply chamber Within the camera is notfurnished with a support which will pierce the seal", so that the latter will be` broken only by the winding mechanismsuch, for example,. as the; clutch of the winding key. The inventionV may also be ap-A plied to reversible magazines for motion picturel film and whereby tworowsfofvimages are recordedf on, thel film wi-th: theK images` of;r one rows inverted; relatively to those in the other row.

One construction of magazine embodying the invention is illustrated in Figure 5 in which a casthe reel I2 upon which the virgin film is originallyVV wound, and a frangible seal I8 kis secured in this recess so as to cover the opening in the said boss' I5. The magazine is rst placed in the camera.

with the reel I2 on a supply spindle I9 and the reel I3 on a take-up spindle 20 driven by the camera. The reel I2 is free to rotate on the spindle I9 whose length is such that it will not damage the seal I8. A squared portion 2l of the take-up spindle 20 however engages a correspondingly shaped driving aperture in one end of the hub of the reel I3 which is thus driven to wind the lm from the reel I2, one half of the widthof the lm being thus exposed in the camera. After the first traverse of the film through the camera the magazine is removed and inverted and reversed and replaced so that the supply spindle I9 passes through the annular bosses I5 and I4 associated with the reel I3, whereas the take-up spindle passes through the seal I8 and bosses I5 and I4 associated with the reel I 2. The squared portion 2| of the take-up spindle 20 now engages the correspondingly shaped aperture 22 at one end of the reel I2 which now serves as the take-up reel during the second traverse of the lm through the camera to record the second row of images. Reel I3 has one opening 22 which is likewise of a square shape to receive the squared end 2 I of the take-up spindle.

After reversal from left to right and end for end and reinsertion of the magazine therefore the seal I8 will have been broken so that when the magazine has again been removed from the camera, i. e. when the whole width of the film has been exposed, the broken seal will clearly indicate that the lm within the magazine has been exposed and that the magazine must not be reinserted in the camera. With a view to preventing premature destruction of the seal I8 there may be printed on the magazine or on the seal itself instructionsv indicating that the magazine must in the first instance be inserted in the camera with the cover I6 lying outermost.

Referring to Figure 6, a hn carrier in the form of a magazine Yis here illustrated with a readily frangible seal fastened over an aperture in each side of the magazine. In accordance with this showing, the carrier supports lms on a pair of similar hub members 23 which may be Vwooden blocks having apertures 24 in each side. Each hub member carries a ange 26 in one of the apertures, these being arranged on opposite sides of the magazine and being adapted to form a drivingconnection with a winding member of known type carried by a camera. The hub members 23 are mounted to rotate upon the inwardly extending annular flanges 25 which are parts of the casing, and which with hubs 23 form a lighttight connection. Y

The hub members 23 thus have axially arranged openings spaced apart and over that opening carrying the driving flange 26, I preferablyV attach a readily frangible seal 21, one on each side of the casing. Thus, when the driving connection hasY been made with either flange, the seal is broken so that an operator, by glancing at the outside of the magazine, can readily determine how the magazine has been previously used in his camera.

Itv will be appreciated that the constructions above described are given by way of example only and that details may be modiiied. VFor example,

, the invention is not only applicable to metal reels as described and illustrated but may also be ap- VVplied to spools or reels of the kind comprising a wooden core with or without anges.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by LettersPatent is:-V

1. In a reversible magazine for motion picture iilm and which is placed rst in one position Within the camera for exposure of one half of the width of theV film and is then removed and reversed before being replaced in the reverse position for exposure of the other half of the width of the film, inY combination, a casing, at least one hub mounted within the casing with an opening at each end of the hub registering with an aperture in the adjacent wall of the casing, and two frangible seals one extending over eachV of the said apertures, one of the said seals remaining unbroken until the magazine is placed in its first position in the camera whilst the other seal remains unbroken until the magazine, after the rst passage of the film through the camera, has been removed and replaced in the reversed position in the camera.

2. In Va roll carrier for photographic lm, the combination with a carrier for photographic'strip film including apertures on both sides spaced a predetermined distance, of a spindle adapted to enter either aperture but of insufficient length to project through both apertures, a frangible seal covering at least one aperture, whereby the condition of the seal may indicate the direction in which the carrier has been placed on said shaft.

3. In a roll carrier forV photographic lm, the combination with a carrier for photographic strip film including Yat least one pair of coaxially arranged apertures spaced a predetermined distance, of a spindle adapted to engage but not to pass through both coaxially arranged apertures, a frangibl-e seal over at least one of said apertures to indicate the direction the carrier has been placed on said shaft.

4. In a roll carrier for photographic film, the combination with a carrier for photographic strip film including a container, two pairs of coaxially arranged apertures carried thereby, each'par being spaced the same predetermined distance apart, a shaft adapted to engage a coaxially arranged pair oi apertures but of insumcient length to extend therethrough, a frangible seal over one of each pair of apertures whereby the direction in which the carrier has been placed Von said shaft may be determined.

5. In a roll carrier for photographic film, the combination with a carrier for photographic strip lln includingY a container, two pairs of coaxially arranged apertures carried thereby, each pair being Vspaced the same predetermined distance apart, a shaft adapted to engage a coaxially arranged pair of apertures but of insufficient length to extend therethrough, a fr angible seal over one of each pair of apertures, said seals being disposed on opposite sides of said carrier whereby the direction in which the carrier has been placed on said shaft may be determined.

LEO BUSCH. 

